IT Senior Solutions Architect

Division or Field Office:

Service & Experience Technology Division

Department of Position: Claims Tech Department 

Work from:

Corporate Office in Erie, Pa Salary Range:

$109,074.00 - $174,235.00 *

salary range is for this level and may vary based on actual level of role hired for

*This range represents a national range and the actual salary will depend on several factors including the scope and complexity of the role and the skills, education, training, credentials, location, and experience of an applicant, as well as level of role for which the successful candidate is hired. Position may be eligible for an annual bonus payment.

 

At Erie Insurance, you’re not just part of a Fortune 500 company; you’re also a valued member of a diverse and inclusive team that includes more than 6,000 employees and over 13,000 independent agencies.  Our Employees work in the Home Office complex located in Erie, PA, and in our Field Offices that span 12 states and the District of Columbia. 

Benefits That Go Beyond The Basics

We strive to be Above all in Service® to our customers—and to our employees. That’s why Erie Insurance offers you an exceptional benefits package, including:

• Premier health, prescription, dental, and vision benefits for you and your dependents. Coverage begins your first day of work.
• Low contributions to medical and prescription premiums. We currently pay up to 97% of employees’ monthly premium costs.
• Pension. We are one of only 13 Fortune 500 companies to offer a traditional pension plan. Full-time employees are vested after five years of service.
• 401(k) with up to 4% contribution match. The 401(k) is offered in addition to the pension.
• Paid time off. Paid vacation, personal days, sick days, bereavement days and parental leave.
• Career development. Including a tuition reimbursement program for higher education and industry designations.
   

Additional benefits that include company-paid basic life insurance; short-and long-term disability insurance; orthodontic coverage for children and adults; adoption assistance; fertility and infertility coverage; well-being programs; paid volunteer hours for service to your community; and dollar-for-dollar matching of your charitable gifts each year.

 

Position Summary

With limited supervision, translates near-term and long-term business needs of moderate to high complexity into (technical) initiative solution options across multiple portfolios. 

Provides enterprise-level context to the architecture team to enable team members to focus, mature domains, and create future-state architectures.  

Provides leadership visibility on complex initiatives by facilitating discussions, leading conceptual and high level design sessions, capturing the results in artifacts, and ensuring the architectural design is realized through delivery for multiple enterprise stakeholders.  

 

This opportunity is for a IT Sr Solution Architect with experience in the property casualty insurance industry claims technology function.  This person will serve on ERIE's Claims Management Program leadership team, guiding, directing and facilitating the creation of options and high level designs to direct agile teams in creating industry leading Claims Service capabilities.  In this role, you will translate business needs to initiative solution options and context for future state planning.  You will interact with ERIE leadership to provide visibility on initiative progress to validate that designs are realized through delivery.

 

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Bachelors' degree in IT, MIS, Business or related field plus 5 years with related experience and 3 years in architecture
• Architecture experience equal to two domains or portfolios
• AWS Solution Architect Professional Certification
• AWS/Cloud Experience
• Guidewire Claims Platform experience or equivalent

 

What Makes You Stand Out:

• Experience operating as a solution architect with Agile teams
• Property and Casualty Claims technology and solution development experience
• AWS Cloud experience

Duties and Responsibilities

• Serves as the single point of accountability for architecture function to portfolio owner customers and technology leadership.
• Provides architectural guidance on init